CLAIM: O NEGATIVES ARE IMMUNE TO HIV/AIDS

Remember the claim from years ago that people with blood type O negative are immune to HIV/AIDS?

I have since dug up a few studies showing low, yet present frequencies of Rh negatives among HIV and AIDS patients.

Lower rates of HIV infection among RhD- individuals

That includes blood type O negative.

There is, however a big problem:

Those studies were all from Africa and Asia.

Are Rh negatives immune to HIV?

As we have learned, most Africans considered Rh- actually have the D antigen present, yet inactive or they carry a nonsense mutation falling into the Partial D category.

Most Rh- Africans are not truly Rh-

There is a chance that ALL Subsaharan and mainland Africans are NOT Rh-, unless they get it from an ancestor/ancestors from up north.

Is Rh- blood Caucasoid?

So how about the studies from the Indian subcontinent?

While Partial D outweighs in Africa, many Asians with an “Rh+ blood type” are actually Weak D. The original SE Asians may have been 100% Rh+ (D and weak D), unless ancestors from the west and/or up north (Russia) imported a true D gene deletion.

Therefore, I have not yet been able to eliminate and debunk the claim that people with blood type O negative are immune to HIV/AIDS.

Infections of viral origin and Rh(D) negative blood

One thing is for sure:

There is at least a level of resistance.

As usual:

I am.always searching for additional research and whatever comes my way, will be included on this blog if valid and related.

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